The Study of Light E-Course Giveaway (CLOSED)

Today we are proud to host a super exciting giveaway with Sarah, a dear friend and Elsie's wedding photographer. She has created a super inspiring and informative e-course, The Study of Light. It covers everything from lighting outdoors to lighting indoors – even at night. The course is split up into eight sessions, although it's set up so that you can go at your own speed. You won't need an expensive flash or lighting set-up – in fact, you'll learn how to use what you already have, as well as how to build your own indoor home studio (lights and all) for less than $50. Each week is interactive, with homework, you can ask questions and even see what other students are up to.

The Study of Light is ideal for anyone wanting to further their photography quality. Whether you have a blog, a shop, a hobby, or a career, your photographs are your first impression – especially online! For more information and a total course overview, click here.

One lucky reader is going to win the course! To enter simply check out the course description and leave us a comment stating which session you are most excited about. One entry per reader, please. Giveaway will be open until July 24th. Winner announced in this article shortly after. Good luck!

Congrats Hibben, you are the winner! Contact us to claim your prize: emma AT redvelvetart DOT com

The session I am most excited about would have to be Week Seven, where you learn about indoor lighting. I always get the lighting wrong whenever I photograph indoors!! Almost as if I am cursed…Thanks for the amazing opportunity!

Week 6! I am constantly trying to take photos of my work and they never look cohesive because of all the different indoor lighting, and the white balance is always off. Because of this I spend hours editing and I am still usually unhappy with the final product 🙁

I’m also (like mostly everyone else) interested in Week 7! Indoor lighting is the trickiest of all, I either seem to never quite get it just right or to get it perfect totally by accident. I’m lost! Help thoroughly appreciated!!!

I am most excited about week three, as I’m always looking for ways to improve the lighting when I take photos. The whole course sounds like it be the kickstart I need to get myself headed in the direction I want to go with my photography!!!

I’m excited about Week 7 – Total Indoor Lighting. With a busy work schedule, it’s sometimes really hard for me to find the time to shoot during the pretty hours of natural light. This would be so helpful for me!

I think week 7 would be the most beneficial to me. That is where i have struggled the most. I almost always shoot outdoors to avoid the lighting or lack there of lighting indoors lol. This is so awesome! I have been wanting to take some courses on lighting.. Thanks!!!

I am delving deeper into photography. I have even started a bit (stressing the words ‘a bit’) of a business. My biggest problem is ALWAYS working with light and the equipment I have to capture the moment the best. I know that if I can learn how to manage light and my equipment better it would completely transform my art. I am also a teaching student who in no way at this current juncture can afford to pay for an e-course like this. I would SO love to win!

I’ve been meaning to try to figure out how to photograph indoors since I’ve started sharing DIY projects. I only have about an hour of daylight in my room and it would benefit me greatly how to manipulate that for better photographs.

yay! I love the idea of learning more about indoor natural lighting. I am an amature photographer though, and if I won this, I’d actually give it as a gift to my beautiful little sister. Her 21st birthday is this August and she’s quite the photographer herself. I love that we share this, and it would be great to give her this course!

I’m excited to learn it all, really, but especially the “special cases”- like glass! I sell glass ornaments and have a really hard time photographing them.
P.S. Do you need a DSLR camera for this course? or would a fairly advanced point-and-shoot be sufficient?

I’m most excited about Week 5. My “good camera” comes out most often when I am trying to capture beautiful outdoor shots and they almost never measure up to what I see with my eyes. I imagine lighting has a lot to do with that.

The entire course appeals to me, but especially the one, two and three light setup in week 7. I want to learn proper lighting for pleasant shadows and avoid flatly lit portraits. The DIY aspect appeals to the maker in me as well. Thank you for offering the giveaway!

I am most excited about the indoor light section! It’s always hard to judge what camera settings are going to work best without natural light. I always seem to end up with an over-yellow hue and a slightly blurry edge on my indoor photos, and using the flash just makes faces over exposed in dark spaces.

I would love to take this course. Sarah is such an amazing photographer. I’m most excited about the indoor lighting section, I have a horrible time taking indoor photos. Crossing my fingers that I win!!! 🙂

Week 6! My apartment is on a lower level and surrounded by other blocks, it’s really rare to get great daylight most of the time. It would be really beneficial to learn to use the space around the house more effectively for photography. 🙂

Week Five would be the section I’d be most excited to get to. I’m going to school for photography and I’m specializing in wildlife and landscape photography. This course would defiantly benefit my skills and help me expand my knowledge in outdoor lighting. It’s always tough to find perfect lighting outside mainly because you don’t have full control over everything like you do in indoor photography. I would love to learn how to use everything outside to help better the picture even on a cloudy rainy day!

Ohhh, this would be such a perfect course for me! Week 7 would be hugely beneficial — I shoot mostly indoors but haven’t figured out how to use lights in a natural-looking way. The entire course sounds amazing though!

I’m most excited about week 4 (Intro to indoor lighting) and week 5 (Total indoor lighting). I have the hardest time taking good photos inside, especially with an iphone, so I hope I’d be able to learn some good stuff for that. 🙂

This is so neat! Week seven sounds most interesting to me as I mostly shy away from indoor lighting. Would be great to learn as much as possible about it before this wedding I’m shooting later in the year!

Session Seven – Total Indoor Lighting, really excites me! When I can find time to photograph for my blog, it’s usually indoors and at night or late afternoon. Not the best lighting. So this will help a lot!

I’m not going to lie — I’m excited for them all! They are not for me, but my hubby who is an outdoor photographer looking to move indoors (sometimes!:). He has so many ideas and usually accomplishes them beautifully, but sometimes he struggles with lighting.

Oh this is such a gorgeous giveaway, thank you for the opportunity!
Since I love to play around outdoors, I would love to know how to use the light best. I always feel it’s a “hit or miss” picture when I am outside and I am never sure what’ll come out in the end because I can’t effectively use the natural light given, so this would be a great chance. 🙂

I’ve been searching for a good e-course to broaden my photography! This looks amazing – and so is her website and photos.
I’m most excited about Lesson 2 – learning to fix pictures at night. So hard to master capturing those moments without putting too much light on them!!!
Thanks for the offer

I would probably be most excited during Week 1, because I’m someone who adores collecting inspirations, especially for photography purposes. As I would gather the items needed, I will gradually get more excited because my mind would be endlessly wandering about how each item will be creatively used!

When Week 1 makes my heart leap, the fuel will keep me pumped up throughout the whole course!

Definitely most excited for the outdoor lighting, week 5. I love the clichéd (but beautiful!) light filtering through the trees look, but I would also love to learn how to be a bit more subtle and unique with my photographs.

week seven for sure : indoor lighting. i was trained and studied photography in arizona where we mostly did portraits on site / outdoors … because well its always sunny. I live in washington now and i can’t always count on the weather, so i have been doing more and more indoor, and i would love some pointers!

I checked their website short after your Elsie’s wedding post and I think their job is so heart warming.
I definetly would love to learn how to take pictures at sunset or night because it really is a magic hour for me, when I try to be outdoors as often as I can. Thank you <3

Week 7 on Indoor Lighting holds the most interest for me. I still find it really difficult to get adequate light for great indoor shots. Taking shots outdoors is great and my favorite way to shoot, but sometimes you just need to get those indoor spaces! Looks like an over-all excellent course!

What a fantastic giveaway! I’ve been using natural light indoors for a long time, and have been wanting to incorporate supplemental artificial light, so total indoor lighting is the session I that excites me most.

Total outdoor lighting session- I live in beautiful New England and would love to capture some of my own beautiful photos to share ! Also when starting up a blog it’ll be great to incorporate that to give readers a more personal idea of where I come from 🙂

I am most excited about the indoor session. I love to take pictures of my two year old when we’re playing, and none of the pictures I take inside seem to turn out as warm and wonderful as the outside pictures.

This is exciting! I could really use some knowledge on indoor lighting, especially at night. I’ve been attacking magic hour with my nikon and iphone all summer, but after the sun sets, I hopelessly set the cameras down =(.

I think Week 2, but honestly I’m taking Photography next semester and this whole course would just give me an amazing leg up! I’m a journalilsm/PR and Psych double major so the more I can learn, the faster, the better! 🙂

I have a blog and 2 online shops, and would love to learn more about lighting in photography. I am most excited to learn about making and using a scrim and getting the best light in the space that you have!

To be honest, I’m excited for the whole course because I am a beginner photographer and need help in the lighting aspect in photography because it can make or break a photo. I definitely need some help and guidance in this aspect, so thanks for the giveaway! Catherine

Week 7 – I tend to depend on having sunlight available whenever I take photos, and I’d like to learn how to work with plain indoor lighting for when I want to take pictures of costumes in the basement costume shop.

I love this e-course idea. As a, hopefuly, future small business owner I need to make my sweets look amazing for my future website and the perfect photo is the key. Im super excited for week six where they show you how to use the space you already have (which in my case is a tiny studio!).

I’m excited about the indoor lighting week! My natural light photography always turns out beautiful, but my indoor stuff never compares. I would love to learn how to get beautiful images using other lighting types.

I am SO excited about this course! Arrow and Apple’s beautiful and truly creative approach to photography is one of my top sources of inspiration on a very regular basis. I am so ready for the next step in my photography journey and education, and I think Week 7 would really take me there. Thank you so much for this generous giveaway opportunity 🙂

Really excited about week 7 (but actually I’m excited about all of it). I have a question though. I’m so excited about this course that I actually want to pay to do it if I don’t win, but the post says that the winner will be announced after July 24th, but the $10 off is only good this week. That leaves me with the conflict of wanting to enter the drawing to see if I win, or do I pay for it before I even know if I’ve won so I get the $10 off. It would be really nice if those of us who don’t win would be able to use the coupon after we’ve found out we didn’t win.

I would love to follow this course and especially learn more about indoor lighting. Every birthday, Christmas, and family dinner I struggle to get the pictures that will portray my loved ones in the way I want to capture the moment. They turn out either grainy, unsharp or the flash turns my family in to ghost-like creatures. I could definitely use the help!

I am most interested/excited about learning to use natural light indoors. I am not a fan of using artificial lighting, however, living in Canada you can’t always get outside in the winter. I think this would be totally beneficial in those long cold winter months!

I’m looking most forward to week 7. While I LOVE outdoor lighting, I want to learn how to use indoor lighting in the best way possible so that I can still get images I’m happy with. Very excited about the DIY scrim and indoor lighting studio.

Wow. This looks great! I would love to do the class on outdoor lighting and using natural reflectors. I love nature and it would be the perfect way to get new ideas/tips for shooting better outdoor photos.

I’ve been waiting so patiently for this course to come out ever since she blogged about how to make your own indoor light studio under $50, so naturally, that’s what I’m most excited for! I can’t wait!

eek i would love to take this course! i think i’m most excited about the indoor lighting session (i have such trouble with this on gray gloomy days in portland). and also week two with the tip for nighttime shooting!

Oh WOW! This is exactly what I need! I am very excited about the whole course, but Week 2 looks very interesting – I’m curious to learn about kelvins, and quick fixes for my night time shots – HURRAH! 🙂 Fingers crossed 🙂 Katie. xxx

I have tried to learn how to use my camera but it just won’t stick. I love the idea of doing such a pretty course! I’m most excited about Week Two and Three, and really learning how to use my DSLR! The rest just seems like fun!

Learning to use natural light reflectors in Week Five has piqued my attention! I absolutely love shooting outside in the “magic hours,” and rarely use my external flash. I would love to learn of reflectors I can find in nature to literally and figuratively brighten my photography!

I should say week seven, for photographing my paintings but actually i think the sound of week 5 total outdoors sounds wonderful. Maybe because we have had the rainiest summer in history and i am craving sunlight. Kerstin.

Super excited about week 5! Living in Colorado we get over 300 days of sun every year and while I love the sun, it can sometimes be really hard to photograph in when there are no clouds! I love the warmth and light but sometimes it’s a little harsh for photographing in. I’d love some good tips and tricks for getting the most out of my outdoor shoots!

{Week Six – I’ll be going over how to use daylight when you are photographing indoors, and how to make the best out of the space you have.}

Great to learn how to photography your handmade things indoors, and learn how to use the natural light. Especially because it’s a horrible summer over here, and can’t take pictures outside because of the rain….

Week Five – TOTAL outdoor lighting. This week is very involved as you’ll be learning about everything there is to know about photographing outdoors, finding natural reflectors, and about finding solutions to bad outdoor lighting.

Week Five – TOTAL outdoor lighting. This week is very involved as you’ll be learning about everything there is to know about photographing outdoors, finding natural reflectors, and about finding solutions to bad outdoor lighting.

Hola! I am most interested in Week 5 because out here in El Paso TX, The Sun City, there is an abundance of light and most times i find that maybe there is too much light… or i just don’t know what I’m doing. This course would really help me out and finally let me take advantage of the wonderful camera my hubby gifted to me.

Week Five – TOTAL outdoor lighting. This week is very involved as you’ll be learning about everything there is to know about photographing outdoors, finding natural reflectors, and about finding solutions to bad outdoor lighting.

I love love love outdoor portraits. Being able to understand lighting better would be amazing.

This is kismit, I have been obsessively checking the Arrow & Apple blog for weeks now waiting on this e-course to begin! I am most looking forward to weeks 3 and 7, creating my own skrim and photographing indoors, especially considering my somewhat dark apartment makes for difficult photos. Thanks for the great giveaway!

Definitely love everything about the course, but I love week two as it is stuff I don’t know all that much about. Also weeks six and seven because I love indoor stuff and most of my photography is indoor.
XO Samantha

How am I just learning about this course?! I’m starting a photography business and I just started by own blog. The most frustrating thing is indoor lighting for me, my indoor photos never ever live up to my expectations so this course would be such a huge help. I also have a ton of extra time on my hands so I would really be able to soak it up. Would most look forward to WEEK 7, Indoor Lighting! Best of luck!

I only photograph with natural light, and I’ve been thinking about adding some lighting elements to my repertoire. I’d be excited to learn anything about it, really! Especially how to do my own set-up!
x,
Chelsea

I squeeled when I saw this course and then the giveaway?! Yup. Wanna take it, but winning it would make my month! I’m most excited about the indoor lighting section…that’s where I have the most trouble.
shadylane_14(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thanks!!

Week Five! I’m headed to Spain next summer and think it’s crucial to learn how to photograph outdoors! It’ll be an experience I’ll never want to forget, so I want my photos to be just as beautiful as the sights themselves!

I can’t tell which sounds better to me, week 5 or week 6. Outdoor lighting is so important to know, and I for one need the help! However, I also would love to focus on food photography, and learning how to utilize natural light indoors would be great.

Week 5. i’m just getting started in photography with my new camera and i’m such a rookie. this entire course would be so beneficial, but since i love taking pictures in the great outdoors, i think that the in depth look at finding and creating and working with outdoors light will be a great week!

My husband and I got married on June 9th and took a year off of to explore ourselves and tune into our hobbies (photography is my special something). This ecourse is just what I need, especially week 5, outdoor lighting! Learning to see natural reflectors in certain situations would really benefit my photography during our travels. Thanks 🙂

I’ve been looking for something like this! I’ve just recently started dabbling in photography and am currently only using natural light. I would love to learn how to create an indoor setup for super cheap!

I am most excited about week 7, total indoor lighting. I went to school for photography 6 years ago and the lighting class was rushed over a summer session. That plus the fact that it’s been so long, l would love the opportunity to have a refresher course as well as to learn from such a talented established wedding photographer! Looks awesome! I might have to sign up anyways 🙂

Oh my Charles. I would absolutely love the indoor lighting knowledge from week 7! I am currently terrible at taking pictures indoor, right now I make all my guests go outside for photos! Haha. The other parts would also be a help though but this one best fits my current lack of skills.

It’s a toss up for me between Weeks 5 & 6 I need help with both indoor and outdoor lighting techniques! This course sounds/ looks like its going to be packed full of useful and inspiring information. 🙂

Total outdoor lighting explains just what I needed on our recent beach trip! What a treat it would be to win this photog e-course! I love learning online. I completed my librarian certification online and have missed learning through that type of platform. I’ll be waiting for the announcement of the winner online! Thanks.

I’m excited about Week Two – An introduction to learning about kelvins, different light temperatures and white balance, and a quick fix for your night shots.
I often find understanding the tech side of things and having the words to describe what you see is so helpful!

Definitely week five and week seven sessions! I am a newborn photographer and I specialize in portraiture. This would be a great help for me as a beginner to capture beautiful pictures just by getting the right lighting. I don’t use any external flash (only built-in) so I will be thrilled to win this opportunity to learn more and enhance my craft.

Totally excited about weeks five and six – Five b/c I do most of my shooting outdoors and I’d love to improve my lighting skills in that area, and six because indoor lighting is something with which I struggle and I prefer to use as much natural light as I can 🙂 Thanks so much!!!

I think Week Two – An introduction to learning about kelvins & night shots sounds really interesting, also night time shots/dark shots taken a gigs are the ones I’m struggling with most at the moment! Vikki x

Weeks 6 and 7 would be really useful! When we’re travelling we tend to take alot of photos outdoors and of various landscapes, so now we’re back i’m struggling a little with indoor photography ang lighting. Thanks for such a great giveaway xx

Having studied art, composition in photography has always come easier than the more technical aspects so Week 2 sounds like it would be the most beneficial for me. (Although that said all of the sessions would be a great help!)

Oh my god! I love everything about it. I´m totally curiouse about week one. Buying everything & wondering what we´ll do with it in the other sessions. I´ve participated in 2 of your e-courses: Bloglove & Dreamjob and this photography course would just make it perfect.

Week 5–total outdoor lighting! I live on the west coast with beaches and canyons (and canyons abutting beaches) and hills filled with beautiful foliage and succulents, all of which cry out to me to take pictures. It’d be great to learn more about finding the best lighting.

I’d really love to win this course. I just moved from the Sunshine State (Florida) to Michigan. I’m curious how lighting will be different in the winter so I’m most excited about week 6 – indoor lighting. I know there will be days that I won’t be able to force myself into going outside to shoot so how can I take great indoor photos when it’s so grey outside?

I am really excited about this course. I started a blog this year as one of my goals for the year. I would love to learn how to make my photos better, I have so much to learn it overwhelms me, but this would help for sure.

I am most excited about week six. Our home has so many widows and offers great light but I feel like to don’t know how to harness it.

I’m most excited about week 7! As a blogger/shop owner who lives in Minnesota I spend a lot of times indoors during the winter months with not much light to work with! This sounds like a great opportunity to grow and learn more about photography. Thanks ladies!

I would be most excited about week 6- how to use natural sunlight indoors! This would be particularly helpful for my Etsy shop! Awesome e-course and she is a super talented photographer!
Thanks!
x0 Hannah

I just checked out your syllabus and I am most excited about… making my own scrim. I’m a freelance writer getting into photography, and I often feel like I’m priced out of exploring photography more. And even though I’m pretty crafty, it would really help to have some direction on how to put something like this together… and what you’re actually supposed to do with it. Really excited about this course in general because light is free and learning what to do with it will help me expand my range without breaking the bank!

I’d be most excited for the Week 7 Total Indoor Lighting session. I have terrible natural light in my apartment, and I tend to be at work all day anyway, so most of the photography on my site has to be taken at night inside my apartment. I would love to learn as much as I can about indoor photography to enhance my pictures.

This course looks amazing. I’m most interested in week 6 because I take a lot of photographs of home interiors, and I always find indoor lighting tricky. Photoshop has become my best friend, but I’d love some help in getting better shots from the get-go.

Oh, I would SO love to win! I have recently started second shooting weddings and I can’t wait to shoot a wedding on my own. The part that is most intimidating to me is the lighting, especially at dark receptions. Right now I’m just fumbling along with my speedlite. I’m excited about all of the courses, but I’d LOVE to learn more about indoor lighting.

Im excited for all of it but I think the week about ” how to use daylight when you are photographing indoors, and how to make the best out of the space you have.” is super exciting for me because I feel lost trying to get decent shots in my own living room. Im so amped for this course!

oooh i’ve been staring at this course for the last two days, just waiting for my paycheck to sign up. i’m excited for week three. i love learning what equipment other people use and for tips and how to build my own set up for cheap!!

Honestly, week 2 looks like it’d be the most helpful for me because I feel like a lot of basic things go right over my head. I’d also look forward to weeks 6 and 7, since indoor lighting in constantly frustrating for me. Great giveaway! 🙂